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remedynoun a substance or preparation used to treat diseasepreferred to treat colds with a homemade remedy made from garlic cure, drug, medicament, medication, medicinal, medicine, pharmaceutical, physic, specific cure-all, nostrum, panaceabotanical, patent medicine, prescription, prescription drugcordial, potion, tonicmiracle drug, wonder drugcap, capsule, pill, tabletinjection, shotembrocation, liniment, lotion, ointment, poultice, salvesyrup(also sirup), tinctureantibiotic, antiseptic, serumcathartic, purgative something that corrects or counteracts something undesirablethe mayor was desperately searching for a remedy to the recent surge in crime the city had been experiencing antidote, corrective, curative, cure, rectifier, therapeutic, therapy cure-all, elixir, panaceaanswer, solutionaid, help, relief, succorbalm, medicinal, medicine, palliative to bring about recovery froma little extra studying should remedy your poor performance in history thus far this year cure, heal, mend allay, alleviate, assuage, relievepalliate, salve, sootheease, lighten, moderate, temperdoctor, nursemedicate, treatdiagnose aggravate, worsenmisdiagnose, overdiagnose, underdiagnose to remove errors, defects, deficiencies, or deviations fromneeded to wear glasses to remedy her bad vision amend, correct, debug, emend, rectify, red-pencil, reform redraft, redraw, restyle, revise, rework, rewriteblue-pencil, cut, shortenredress, rightameliorate, better, improveperfect, polish, touch upfix, mend, repairadjust, modulate, regulatealter, change, modify damage, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, spoilaggravate, worsen v.correct, rectify, emend, remedy, redress, amend, reform, revise mean to make right what is wrong.correct implies taking action to remove errors, faults, deviations, defects.correct your spelling rectify implies a more essential changing to make something right, just, or properly controlled or directed.rectify a misguided policy emend specifically implies correction of a text or manuscript.emend a text remedy implies removing or making harmless a cause of trouble, harm, or evil.set out to remedy the evils of the world redress implies making compensation or reparation for an unfairness, injustice, or imbalance.redress past social injustices amend, reform, revise imply an improving by making corrective changes, amend usually suggesting slight changesamend a law , reform implying drastic changeplans to reform the court system , and revise suggesting a careful examination of something and the making of necessary changes.revise the schedule in the 13th century |